Water & Sewer Rates

Water Rates

The current rate is $5.51 per 100 cubic feet (cf). The water fee is based on 100 percent of the actual reading taken from the water meter.

Sewer Rates

The current rate is $10.20 per 100 cubic feet (cf). The sewer fee is based on 90 percent of the actual reading taken from the water meter, unless a separate irrigation meter is in place. Additional sewer fee codes may apply.

Facts

  • $5.10 will buy 748 Gallons (100 cubic feet) of Municipal Tap Water
  • A 24 pack of 16.9 ounce bottles of water is equal to 3.17 gallons. This 24 pack can be purchased locally, on sale, at about $4.99. That equates to a rate of $1,178 per 100 cubic feet.
  • At the current municipal water rate of $5.10 per 100 cubic feet(748 gallons), the same $4.99 could purchase 731 gallons of tap water in Attleboro.
  • To look at it another way, the average 24 feet. diameter swimming pool needs about 13,000 gallons of water to fill. One fill-up would cost about $89 in tap water. If one wanted to fill it with bottled water, the same fill-up would cost $20,464.
A large pile of water jugs.